Tender Summary

Delivery of Wajibika Programme in Tanzania

Buying Organisation

Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office

Contract Value

£24,125,000

Suitable for SMEs

Yes

Suitable for VCSEs

Yes

Tender Description

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is looking for a supplier of services to deliver Wajibika Programme in Tanzania (Wajibika).

New notice - deadline updated

Wajibika is led by the FCDO and co-designed/funded by the Swiss Development Corporation (SDC).

The anticipated Financial Limit for the Contract until 31 March 2030 is up to £24,125,000. This value is made up of £13,500,000 representing the UK funding for the programme, and of approximately £10,625,000 (CHF 11,700,000) representing the Swiss Embassy contribution. The Contract value is inclusive of all applicable taxes but exclusive of UK VAT.
Upon successful delivery and subject to funding availability, there is an option to extend by up to an additional 24 months, to March 2032.

The Wajibika Programme is made up of three Components:
· Component 1 - Inclusive and Effective Civic Space;
· Component 2 - Media Freedom Workstream; and
· Component 3 - The Governance Innovation Fund.

The Financial Limit of the Contract, irrespective of value, will be allocated to the three components in the following proportions: Component 1 - 60%, Component 2 - 20% and Component 3 - 20%.

The intended Impact of the Wajibika programme is a more open, inclusive society in Tanzania where government demonstrates greater accountability to the needs of its citizens.

Wajibika will deliver this Impact via three strategic Outcomes:
- Effective civic space and political inclusion: CSOs are effective, credible and sustainable, developing stronger connections to the public, deploying evidence to demonstrate their value to government, and challenging disproportionate regulation. Coalitions (CSOs, NGOs, media, FBOs) are strengthened to promote inclusive politics and engage citizens - particularly women - in the democratic process.
- Media freedom and access to information: media challenges disproportionate regulation, including of online space, and grows capacity for public interest journalism.
- Government service delivery: Government and key actors are supported to explore new solutions to tackle longstanding service delivery challenges.

FCDO reserves the right to scale down or discontinue this programme at any point in line with the terms and conditions of the Contract. Scaling down is at FCDO's discretion, and may occur for a number of reasons including, but not limited to, changes to the political economy or a shortage of funds.

To download the tender documents, please login or register to FCDO's eSourcing Portal https://fcdo.bravosolution.co.uk and access itt_6166 - Delivery of Wajibika Programme in Tanzania. Any queries related to the subject of this tender must be sent via the messaging function for itt_6166.

If you have any technical issues with the Portal, please use the "Call me Back!" functionality on main page of eSourcing Portal https://fcdo.bravosolution.co.uk. Any issues with accessing the tender documents should be also reported to wasonga.misumi@fcdo.gov.uk.

Tender categories (products & services required)

Foreign economic-aid-related services (CPV 75211200)

Region

United Kingdom (UK)

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